*Mount San Antonio & the San Gabriel Range*

[CaliforniaPeggy]

All the rain down here has translated into snow up there...

I got out there this morning:

[CreekDog]

1. Gorgeous!

I'm always jealous that the one city with snow covered mountains in its background is LA rather than San Francisco.

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My DEAR CreekDog!

Oh, thank you, sweetie, for rescuing my thread...

I know...San Francisco should have something like this there...

Of course, the Bay is gorgeous too, but differently...

Glad you enjoyed these!

:hug:

[SidneyCarton]

3. I grew up in the shadow of the San Gabriels...

I always love the way "Baldy" looks with snow on it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear SidneyCarton...

I didn't know you grew up there...

That must have been wonderful!

I love how it looks with snow too!

:hug:

[kwassa]

5. I almost had a car accident my first week in Santa Monica ...

I came over the hill on Ocean Park, day after a big rain, and saw exactly what you photographed. Mountains that are usually hard to see at all, much less covered with snow.

I had to pull over and stare. It is RARELY that clear, and those mountains are high, too.

Great pics, Peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. My dear kwassa!

I've heard stories like yours before! The view can truly be astonishing!

I'm very lucky in that I can just see the mountains from my home...Not well enough to photograph from there, but well enough to know that I need to get out to the park I use...

They are high; Mt. Baldy is 10,000 feet high...a real mountain!

I have to confess: I did use my Photoshop program to increase the clarity...the view was a bit hazier! :blush:

Glad you enjoyed them, sweetie! Thank you...

:hug:

[arcadian]

19. Yup, that's where I draw the line

10,000 feet, evrything below that is pretty much a foothill.
:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

41. My dear arcadian!

I'm sorry sweetie, for this very tardy reply!

And I agree with you completely...anything under 10,000 feet is just a foothill!

:hi:

[Redstone]

6. Nice, Peg. Very nice.

Redstone

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Thanks, my dear Redstone...

:hi:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. Love those pictures, CalPeggy!

Is that view outside your house?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. My dear Tommy_Carcetti!

Well, no, not exactly...I can see them from my house, but just barely...

These were taken in a park in Inglewood...the Kenny Hahn park, which is up on a considerable hill...

Glad you enjoyed these!

Thanks...

:hi:

[soleiri]

8. beautiful view

I love way the mountains look after the rain.

The view from my room.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. My dear soleiri!

Oooh, nice! You're a lot closer than I am...

You might try going over to the Kenny Hahn Regional Park, in Inglewood. It's on La Cienega...in the Balwin Hills, I think...

We are so lucky to have these wonderful mountains, aren't we?

Thanks for coming by!

:hi:

[libnnc]

12. Man that's pretty!

I love the one with the Hollywood sign

Stunning views, Peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear libnnc!

Thanks, I appreciate it!

Yeah, the Hollywood sign stuck out well today, so I thought I'd get it...

I am so lucky to live near these views!

:hug:

[ismnotwasm]

14. How beautiful

Stunning

It's snowing up here in Seattle. Again. I have a mountain view from my backyard, but alas, all I see is more of that white stuff which I refuse to name again.

It's not supposed to do that up here so often.x(

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. My dear ismnotwasm...

I hear ya...it can't be fun actually living in it...

You can see the mountains from your backyard? I'd love to see a pic of that!

Thank you for your compliments!

I hope it stops snowing soon in your neighborhood...


:hug:

[malta blue]

17. Great shots Peggy!

:thumbsup:

Thank you for sharing them :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. My dear malta blue!

Thanks, sweetie!

Glad you enjoyed them...

:hug:

[trof]

20. HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD!

That screwy ballyhooey Hollywood
Where any office boy or young mechanic can be a panic
With just a good looking pan
And any barmaid can be a star maid
If she dances with or without a fan

Hooray for Hollywood,
Where you're terrific if you're even good
Where anyone at all from Shirley Temple to Aimee Semple
Is equally understood
Go out and try your luck, you might be Donald Duck
Hooray for Hollywood

Hooray for Hollywood
That phoney super-Coney Hollywood
They come from Chillicothes and Paducas with their bazookas
To get their names up in lights
All armed with photos from local rotos
With their hair in ribbon and legs in tights

Hooray for Hollywood
You may be homely in your neighborhood
But if you think that you can be an actor, see Mr. Factor
He'll make a monkey look good
Within a half an hour you'll look like Tyrone Power
Hooray for Hollywood

Hooray for Hollywood

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. My dear trof!

How nice to see you in my photo thread!

Hmmm...

Something tells me you like the Hollywood sign!

Thanks, sweetie!

:hi:

[Gonzo Gardener]

21. I miss it so...

but if I use my imagination and squint a little, here in flat Indiana, a distant line of thunderhead clouds can look a lot like the tops of snow covered mountains.

Nice photos, Peggy!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. My dear Gonzo Gardener!

Oh, I believe it!

I know I'd miss these mountains if I moved away too...

Glad you like them!

Thanks, sweetie...

:hug:

[driver8]

24. They are beautiful, aren't they, CA Peggy??

I love when they are covered with snow like that.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. My dear driver8!

They ARE!

I just knew they would be too, after all the cold storms we've had...

So I got up a bit early today, and had a look out my window, where I can just see them...

That was all I needed to motivate myself!

Glad you could come by!

Thank you!

:hi:

[musiclawyer]

26. There were maybe 10 days of clear skies like this

a year when I was growing up in LA. Even if you eliminated all made made air pollution, the LA basin still be more hazy than most places because the basin is good at trapping all particulates. But those clear days and nights in LA are spectacular.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. My dear musiclawyer!

That is certainly true...

Even the native peoples who lived here before the Spanish and the Americans arrived had hazy air...

The smoke from their fires rose up and spread out, just as our air pollution does now.

The inversion layer works, no matter what's in the air.

Thanks for coming by!

:hi:

[begin_within]

28. Thank you Peggy... I was looking for the picture on the front page of today's LA Times,

the one with the boats in Huntington Harbor in the foreground and the snowy San Gabriels in the background, but I could not find it on their web site. Who needs that anyway, now that we can see your pictures. This is LA at its most beautiful.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. My dear begin_within...

Aw, thanks!

You are NOT going to believe this, but it happened!

After I got done taking these, and I was putting my stuff on the passenger seat of my car, I noticed a guy sitting in his car right next to me...

We started talking...

Turns out HE took that picture you were looking for!

He's quite a photographer, wouldn't you say?

I love LA when she looks like this!


:hi:

[begin_within]

30. Wow... so you were at Huntington Harbor?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. Nope...I was in the Kenny Hahn Wilderness area in Inglewood...

And that's where he was too!

I never (well, hardly ever) go that far south...

It's a bit of a trek for me!

The Kenny Hahn Park is where I see these mountains...

[Brother Buzz]

32. CaliforniaPeggy, years ago I awoke to that view

We were staying in a hotel in downtown Pasadena. Our room faced east. The weather (and air quality) was kinda so-so until a cold front pushed through during the night. We awoke with a dazzling clear view of the San Gabriel's dusted with snow. They appeared so close you just wanted to reach out and touch them.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. My dear Brother Buzz...

What a treat for you! And then there are the days when you cannot see anything, no matter how close you are...

I'm glad you had a good memory...

Thanks for coming by!

:hi:

[Ptah]

33. Looks like you can see much more snow than we can here in Tucson. Great pics!

Thanks for sharing.

:hug:

Here is one I took Sunday:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. My dear Ptah!

Oooh, your pic is gorgeous too! I love how the clouds drape themselves over the summit... Thanks for sharing it with me...

There is a lot of snow on my mountains, and it's all due to the considerable storms we've had recently...

I haven't seen this much in quite a long time...

Thank you for enjoying my pics, sweetie!

:hug:

[Flaxbee]

36. I used to work in the second-tallest building. Friends worked

in the tallest, which if I remember correctly, got zapped in "Independence Day". They all cheered.

Lovely photos, CP. Makes me homesick, though.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. My dear Flaxbee!

How cool! You must have had some wonderful views!

I'm glad you enjoyed my pics, but I'm sorry they made you homesick, sweetie...:hug:

Consider this: I was in rush hour traffic to get to where I took the pics. Does that help?

[Flaxbee]

38. was on the 36th floor -- the building swayed in strong wind

and yes, the views were spectacular. I wasn't there during the riots, but my good friend worked there then and said how odd it was to be able to see them progress from a bird's eye view, so to speak.

Traffic, I don't miss. But I usually was at work so darn late it wasn't an issue... at least not going home.

[NYC_SKP]

39. Hey, didja notice the big fat moon last night?

Comin' up in the east in the early evening like a giant cheesy pumpkin, I tell ya'!

:hi:

Great pictures, my dear!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. My dear NYC_SKP!

I did notice it...and tonight too! Just got home from my open mic weekly poetry reading, and there's the moon, fat and sassy!

I'm so glad you enjoyed the pictures, sweetie!

Thank you!

:hug:

[bluesbassman]

42. Wow! Great shots CP.

That panoramic shot over the city is amazing. I don't think I've ever even seen the mountains with that view, much less with snow on them. Good Job!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

43. My dear bluesbassman!

Oh, thanks!

You mean the panoramic shot?

I cropped my original shot to those dimensions...I wanted to experiment!

We've had snow like this before, but not in a while...

Glad you enjoyed them, sweetie!

:hug: